Each month we award 💫Staff Fundraiser of the Month💫 to a TeamNUH Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust staff member who has gone the extra mile by fundraising for their patients. This month Karine Latter from the Cancer and Associated Specialties Division was awarded the prize for September, to say thank you for her hard work organising a charity ball! The ball took place on 8th September, and saw over 100 people attend, including none other than BBC Radio Nottingham’s Mark Dennison! The ball raised a fantastic £2,360 for cancer patients and staff training – well done Karine! 🙌 If you know a Team NUH fundraising star, nominate them for Staff Fundraise of the Month at: https://www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/our-impact/team-nuh/

Liz Buckley is a nurse on the brilliant Dermatology Team at Nottingham Children's Hospital. Last month, she ran the Robin Hood Half Marathon to fundraise for our Big i-MRi Appeal! Although she works at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liz decided to fundraise for the i-MRI Appeal after watching BBC's Hospital earlier this year. Liz watched four-year-old Poppy McGill battling brain cancer. She also watched her colleagues in the Children's Hospital doing everything within their power to save Poppy's life. Liz signed up for the Robin Hood Half because she wanted to do something to help. She raised £1,042.50 in sponsorship money and presented the cheque to Poppy McGill's neurosurgeon, Donald MacArthur, who is helping lead our i-MRI Appeal. Thank you, Liz, for your dedication to Children's Hospital patients, and for being such an incredible member of Team NUH 💛 Find out what you can do to support our Big i-MRi Appeal: www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/appeals/the-big-appeal/big-imri-appeal/

The Zephyr's Nottingham team will be hosting a drop-in session at Surface Gallery's Remembering Baby exhibition on Thursday 18th October (1-3pm). Drop in at any point to explore the exhibition with friendly faces and find out how Zephyr's is helping bereaved families in Nottingham. More information about Remembering Baby is on the exhibition website: https://www.rememberingbaby.co.uk/

Our Charity Office is moving on Thursday 18th October! 🚛 During the move, we'll do our best to limit any disruption to our supporters, but it will impact how we accept and process donations for a couple of days. If you wish to make telephone or in-person donations by card please call or visit our office in the Sherwood Building by Weds 17th October. We can only accept cash donations until Tuesday 16th October. But remember that you can still donate online at any time: www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/donate We hope to resume all of our our normal services from Monday 22nd October. Many thanks for your support and patience. We look forward to welcoming you to our lovely new home! 🏠

For Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October) and Zephyr's Nottingham, we're joining the Global Wave of Light at 7pm tonight 🕯️ People from around the world will be lighting a candle in their home, place of work, or wherever they happen to be, to commemorate the lives of children lost too soon. Together, we will end the silence around baby loss 💕 Zephyr's, based at Nottingham City Hospital, offers free counselling and loving support to anyone who has been affected by the death of a child, baby or pregnancy. Visit our website to find out more about Zephyrs' services: www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/appeals/zephyrs-nottingham-appeal/

We'd like to wish a huge GOOD LUCK to Katy and Karen who are completing the Great Birmingham Run today! They're supporting our Big i-MRI Appeal for Nottingham Children's Hospital on behalf of Olivia's journey. Little Olivia was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2014, when she was four years old. Katy and Karen are doing all they can to help us fundraise for a new intra-operative MRI machine to help neurosurgeons at Nottingham Children's Hospital operate on children, like Olivia, who have been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Katy and Karen have already raised over £600 in sponsorship! To find out hwo you can fundraise for the Big i-MRI Appeal, visit www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/appeals/the-big-appeal/big-imri-appeal/. Good luck, Katy and Karen! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

The students from Homefields Primary School in Derby have been hard at work! They hosted a big, beautiful bake sale at school and raised over £200 for Children's Cancer Ward E39 at the QMC! Gemma, who is in Year 6, asked all of her classmates to help because her cousin, Charley, is currently receiving cancer treatment at E39. She wants to thank all of the doctors and nurses who are taking care of Charley every day. We want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who baked or bought a cake from these terrific fundraisers. Together, you're helping us enhance care and facilities for cancer patients like Charley 💛 Find out how you can fundraise for our Big Appeal, which is funding care, research, and equipment at Nottingham Children's Hospital: https://www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/appeals/the-big-appeal/

Little Reuben was due to be born at the end of July 2017, but while his parents were still preparing for his arrival, he decided to make an entrance into this world... two months early. The McDowalls were about to eat their family dinner at home when Reuben's mum, Angie, started to feel a bit poorly. Before they knew it, Reuben was unexpectedly on his way and his dad Will went to call an ambulance. Will had only just managed to get through to the operator when Reuben made an appearance. Angie and Will ended up delivering their son by themselves in their bathroom! Reuben's life was saved by his brave and incredible parents this day. 💛 They fought for his life by giving him mouth-to-mouth to start him breathing while they waited for the ambulance. 🚑 Paramedics arrived minutes later and Reuben was taken straight to the Neonatal Unit. Will remembers that his tiny son was "hooked up to more machines than the hospital could fit in the room". But that from this point onward, throughout Reuben's NICU journey, the care their whole family received was "fantastic and felt personal". 💞 This week Reuben returned to the Neonatal Unit that saved his life as a healthy, happy 1 year old. 🙌🏽 Reuben's parents know they’re "incredibly lucky" as not every family has the same "happy ending" that they’ve had. It was really special to see him come back with his parents and big brother Harris to thank the NUHNeonatal team for all they do. 🇨🇵🚴‍♂️🇬🇧️️ Will cycled just under 200 miles from Paris to London to raise money for Nottingham's Big Neonatal Appeal. He endured gruelling weather conditions, from 38 degree heat one day, to pouring rain the next! 🌟Will raised £885.00 for the Big Neonatal Appeal 🌟 This money will be used to ensure that other families who find themselves in unexpected situations, like the McDowalls did, have access to the best care possible. 👶🏽 If you would like to support our tiniest patients, please head to this link to find out more about the Appeal, and how you can help 👉🏽 www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/appeals/the-big-appeal/big-neonatal-appeal/

From 13-20 October, a very special exhibition will be taking place at the Surface Gallery in Nottingham. Remembering Baby is organised by researchers from the University of Sheffield with a number of different artists. Together, they want to open up the conversation about what happens when a baby or child dies. The team from Zephyr's Nottingham, our specialist bereavement centre at City Hospital, will be hosting a drop-in session at the exhibition on Thursday 18th October, 1-3pm. Anyone is welcome to come along, explore the exhibition with the Zephyr's team, and find out how Zephyr's is supporting parents and families in Nottingham. Visitor information about Remembering Baby is available on their website: www.rememberingbaby.co.uk/visit

For World Mental Health Day today, everyone's favourite therapy dogs, Alfie and Ruby, visited the Emergency Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 🐶 Spending time with dogs and other animals has been proven to dramatically reduce levels of stress and anxiety. We're so proud to fund Alfie and Ruby as they do their weekly rounds of the hospitals with their dad, brightening up our wards and making patients and staff smile.